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Latest News in Telecommunications
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December 14, 2018
Comcast Wants 7th Circ. To Pull Plug On Ad Sales Appeal
Comcast Corp. has urged the Seventh Circuit not to revive a $75 million suit alleging the company illegally monopolized the market for local television advertising, arguing that it’s only being accused of choosing not to deal with a competitor, which it said is not illegal, according to a redacted brief filed Friday.
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December 14, 2018
Gray, Raycom Must Divest TV Stations Before $3B Merger
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it will require Gray Television Inc. and Raycom Media Inc. to divest broadcast television stations in nine markets as a condition of resolving its challenge to the proposed $3.65 billion merger between the media companies.
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December 14, 2018
Cable Cos. Continue Push For Conservative C-Band Clearing
The American Cable Association is urging the Federal Communications Commission to take a conservative approach in its plans to clear the C-band, saying that if not handled carefully, companies already using the band could be harmed.
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December 14, 2018
The Biggest Telecom Cases Of 2018
2018 was an action-packed year for telecom-related litigation that included a closely watched appeal of the government's rollback of net neutrality, fallout over the failed Sinclair-Tribune megamerger and a contentious trial over AT&T’s bid to acquire Time Warner. Here, Law360 reviews those and other high-profile cases from the past 12 months and outlines what they mean for the telecom industry’s legal landscape.
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December 14, 2018
Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, McAfee, Bankia
A U.S. national security panel is reportedly expected to OK a Sprint-T-Mobile merger, Intel Corp. and TPG Capital are in talks to sell McAfee to Thoma Bravo, and Bankia is close to offloading €3 billion ($3.4 billion) worth of bad loans and repossessed property.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- State and local telecom regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Telecom lobbying
- International telecom regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Surveillance investigations and enforcement
- FCC administrative proceedings
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
- Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
- International trade suits
- Fights over telecom regulatory limits
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder litigation
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Telecom infrastructure projects
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of telecommunications law practices
Readership
- Telecommunications lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at telecommunications companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals